Combined conveyer and elevator.



PATENTED AUG. 28,-1906.

A. HEIM. COMBINED CNVEYBR AND ELEVATOR."`

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 21, 1905.

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A. HEIM.

COMBINED GONVEYEH SND BLEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, N305` 2 SH IELTS-SHEET 2 Wmme-.3, clm feim, lm/enror.

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UNlThll) SLfftlt'l PArllGNl OFFICE.

No. essere y ilil'ention relates to combined ronve'ycrsfand jelevators of the class adapted to use' 1n nii'nes'r elsewhere for moving.,r and delivering phosphates, ores, or'other underial; and the objects ot'rny im irovement are' to rovide endless troughs will 'i wheels movab e on stationary tracks, to form `the troughs of a series ol' sections hinged together, to provide rectangular `drums to drive the troughs, to support the frames on runners to facilitate their lateral movement, and to so construct, and assemble the parts as to combine cfliciency with durability.

These objects' are attained 'in the following described manner, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a conveyor and elevator embodying my improvement.; Figs. 2 and 3, respective sections in perspec- Y tive of the elevator and conveyer troughs; v Fig. 4, a transverse section of the conveyor; Fig. 5, a, side elevation of the troughs and tracks; Figs. 6 and 7, details oi construetion of the trough-section hinges Fjs. 8 and 10, longitudinal sections, respectively, of portions of the convcyer and elevator; and

1g. 9, a transverse section on the line a a of Fig. 8. f In the drawings, 11 represents the body of the eonveyer provided with side sheathings '1.2 and supported on transverse sills 13 by means of legs`14, which are rovided Wi th braces ul5. The ends of thc sills are turned Vu ward to facilitate the lateral adjustment 0i) the elevator on the ground toward the materialto be placed therein. Slnnting surfaces 1.6 are secured on the sides of the body to prevent the material from falling outside of the endless trough l?. Said trough. consisfs of a series ol' :in odd number of pans or sections 18, eormected together with hinges 19 and mounted to travel on upper andlowcr tracks 20 and 21 by means of [longed wheels 22, secured on the sides of either sucessive or alternate pans. The ends ol' said tracks,

respectively, overlap each other to prevent the lateral displacement of the flange( wheels .3, J o f ,Ofmtjir lUnited States, residing; ai llrowns- Specication el Letters Patent.

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' rear drums 30 and 24.

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COmsiNEo eetwaren AND ELEVATOR.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906.

E05. Serial Nn` 268.242.

in their passage from one to (he other. (lne end 23 oi the sides of each pan extends along A the outside of the contiguous pltn to formV rontinuous sides lo the endless trough hetween the pons in its travel around front and Said drums are sinilar and rectangular in crossf-section,`with euch side upproximatelyequalin Width to the distance between adjacent hinges 19, und they are journaled between the ends` of the tracks in the 4ends of the body 11. Y

. 'lo vnuiintain Ythe tension of the endless trough approximately constant, it isso arranged that the drums are always in different positions, amounting to one-eighth of a turn or rotation.

Pulley 25, driven by a belt from a. source of power, (not shown,) transmits,motion'v through pinion 26 and geanwheel 27 in mesh therewith to the rear drum 24, whereby the endless trough 35, which preferably consists ot an odd number of sections, is caused to travel on the tracks and discharge the material placed thereon within the lower endA 'of the elevator 2S. Said elevator is adjustably supported at one end on extension-legs 29 and swiveled at the other end on shaft 31 of a rectangular drum therein, (shown' in Fig. 10,) similar to drum 24. Sprocket-chain 32 transmits motior. from sprocket-Wheel 33, secured on the sin 't of drum 24 to s rocketwheel 34, secured on shaft 31, whic causes the drum secured thereon to actuate the endless trough 35 in the elevator, which is formed with transverse partitions 36 in each of the preferably odd number of sections of which it is formed to facilitate the elevation of the material therein. The construction of the elevator' is similar to that of the conveyor in all respects, except the omission of the legs from beneath its body portion and the addition of the transverse partitions 36. rThe body portions, together with the endless troughs, may be constructed in a manner to be separable into sections of such length as muy be convenient for removal from place to place.

ln operation the conveyor is laced alongside a bank of coal, ore, or ot 1er material which` may be shoveled therein and delivered in a ear or war; 1 trom ,the elevator. lt may be adjusted laterally from time to time to nmietain its positron of convenience to the material to be removed.

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avin fully described my improvement, naled between the end I'iortiolIi-oll th tracks what l ciim es my invention, and desire to an endless trough arranged to travel aroun secure by Letters Patent of the United the drums and discharge into theelevetor,

States, isand langed Wheels thereon movable on' the 1. The combination with a horizontal1 tracks.. y Y g5 frame, superposed tracks with overlapping 3. 'The combination withaeonveyenofan ends supported therebyV and rectangular' adjustably-inelned elevator consisting of drums journaled in the 'rame between the Tectangular'drums, always beingin'diierent ends of ths`tracks,said drums beingalways positions Kof rotation amounting to. one- 1o in different positions amounting to one- `eighth of a turn, en endless-trough eerrieylgpA` eighth of a rotation, of `an endless trough 'thereby end formed of esexrieseilhmgedssw consisting of a series of hinged sections ex-y tions, atransversei artitionineguihe'otioll,` tending around the drums, and langed parallel tracks -Wit overlarppngfends exwheels secured to the trough and movable' tending between fthe drums, :and

x5 on the tracks. 1 Wheels movable thereon .attached tothe 35 A 2. The combination with en adjustablytrough. 7 inclined elevator, of transverse ground-si ls ADAM P formed with upturned ends, for the purpose Witnesses: specified, superposed tracks horizontally 'J- M.\Cmms,

zo supported `thereon, rectangular drums jour- R. S. 0mm. 

